Comments on: Really Stupid British Comics http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/02/05/really-stupid-british-comics/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:46:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Elf http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/02/05/really-stupid-british-comics/#comment-12339 Elf Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:42:35 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/02/05/really-stupid-british-comics/#comment-12339 These were very popular in Norway in my childhood. They were released under the titles Tuppen and Lillemor. My sister bought loads of them, and my ex-gf had hundreds of them piled up in plastic bags. One of my favorites as a child was about the black cat who fought nazis in Germany. And there were several sci-fi-stories, so don't give 2000 A.D all the credit. These were very popular in Norway in my childhood. They were released under the titles Tuppen and Lillemor. My sister bought loads of them, and my ex-gf had hundreds of them piled up in plastic bags.

One of my favorites as a child was about the black cat who fought nazis in Germany. And there were several sci-fi-stories, so don’t give 2000 A.D all the credit.

]]> By: Brigid http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/02/05/really-stupid-british-comics/#comment-12338 Brigid Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:34:29 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/02/05/really-stupid-british-comics/#comment-12338 Hey! I grew up reading those comics, thanks to a year in Scotland and aunties in Ireland, and I loved them! I read superheroes as well, back in the day, but I really appreciated comics that were, you know, for girls, with stories about the stuff I cared about--secret agent schoolgirls, Victorian orphans, robot schoolteachers--and characters that were girls like me (well, sort of). Also, I think J.K. Rowling must have read a lot of those comics, because Harry Potter (the first one in particular) is straight outta Thompson--plot, setting, characters, everything. Hey! I grew up reading those comics, thanks to a year in Scotland and aunties in Ireland, and I loved them! I read superheroes as well, back in the day, but I really appreciated comics that were, you know, for girls, with stories about the stuff I cared about–secret agent schoolgirls, Victorian orphans, robot schoolteachers–and characters that were girls like me (well, sort of).

Also, I think J.K. Rowling must have read a lot of those comics, because Harry Potter (the first one in particular) is straight outta Thompson–plot, setting, characters, everything.

]]> By: dave merrill http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/02/05/really-stupid-british-comics/#comment-12337 dave merrill Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:41:47 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/02/05/really-stupid-british-comics/#comment-12337 Thanks for the link, Heidi! Thanks for the link, Heidi!

]]> By: Sean Phillips http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/02/05/really-stupid-british-comics/#comment-12336 Sean Phillips Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:17:49 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/02/05/really-stupid-british-comics/#comment-12336 I spent almost ten years drawing British girls comics before breaking into American mainstream comics. The weirdest story I had to draw involved a Victorian circus girl who had to pretend to be her grandfather's ventriloquist doll so he didn't get thrown out of the circus. Pages from this and some other girls comics have been up on my blog in the past few weeks... http://surebeatsworking.blogspot.com/ Sean I spent almost ten years drawing British girls comics before breaking into American mainstream comics. The weirdest story I had to draw involved a Victorian circus girl who had to pretend to be her grandfather’s ventriloquist doll so he didn’t get thrown out of the circus. Pages from this and some other girls comics have been up on my blog in the past few weeks…

http://surebeatsworking.blogspot.com/
Sean

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